JOSEPH C. KIGER is Professor of History Emeritus and Director of Program on Foundations and Comparable Organizations at the University of Mississippi. He is the author or editor of several works, including "Foundations" (Greenwood, 1984), "Historiographic Review of Foundation Literature" (1987), and "International Encyclopedia of Foundations" (Greenwood, 1993). He is an organization member of CIVICUS (World Alliance for Citizen Participation).